Kolkata panchang, 2 January 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 22:34 Margashirsha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:02- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 08:59 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:18 – 12:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:40 – 13:00
- Rahu Kalam 14:21 – 15:42
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:02 to 06:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 05:32 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 17:11
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 11:42 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:32 next day
- Karana Vanija until 17:11, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:42 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 05:32 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:40 – 13:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:21 – 15:42
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:11 – 18:28
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:31 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:18 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:42 – 06:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:17 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:38 – 08:59 | Bad |
| Char | 08:59 – 10:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:19 – 11:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:40 – 13:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:00 – 14:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:21 – 15:42 | Good |
| Rog | 15:42 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:02 – 18:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:21 – 22:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:00 – 23:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:40 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:19 – 02:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:59 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:38 – 06:18 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 08:59 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:59 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:11 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:17 NowSun
- 08:17 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:17 NowMoon
- 11:17 NowSaturn
- 12:17 NowJupiter
- 13:17 NowMars
- 14:17 NowSun
- 15:17 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:17 NowMars
- 21:17 NowSun
- 22:17 NowVenus
- 23:17 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMoon
- 01:17 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:17 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 05:08 Scorpio
- 05:08 – 07:13 Sagittarius
- 07:13 – 09:00 Capricorn
- 09:00 – 10:33 Aquarius
- 10:33 – 12:04 Pisces
- 12:04 – 13:45 Aries
- 13:45 – 15:43 Taurus
- 15:43 – 17:57 Gemini
- 17:57 – 20:12 Cancer
- 20:12 – 22:24 Leo
- 22:24 – 00:34 next day Virgo
- 00:34 – 02:48 next day Libra
- 02:48 – 05:04 next day Scorpio
- 05:04 – 06:18 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method